Accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case held in Jharkhand on Thursday

The murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh saw an update after an accused, Rushikesh Devdikar was arrested on Thursday.

Police have arrested a new accused in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The journalist was shot dead on 5th September 2017, by one of a gang member who was inspired by a book written by a ring-wing group Sanatan Sanstha. The book identified Lankesh as durjan, an evil person. The SIT, Special Investigation Team stated that the accused Rushikesh Devdikar also known as Murali who was absconding was arrested from Katras in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. His house is being searched to find any clue related to the case. Rushikesh is part of the conspiracy in killing the journalist and is the 18th accused in the murder case. It is also reported that the gang was also planning on killing a number of other people.

Here is an update on the Gauri Lankesh murder case:

#GauriLankesh
The police had done there job now the judiciary.
Let's hope for better. pic.twitter.com/c1ABlu1HhF

— Mujahid Pasha (@mujahid96327777) January 10, 2020

One arrested in #GauriLankesh murder casehttps://t.co/RNJFfu7BgQ pic.twitter.com/M09QNHYbC6

— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) January 10, 2020

One more suspect in the murder case of senior #Kannada journalist #GauriLankesh has been arrested. "Our sleuths arrested #RushikeshDevdikar from #Katras in #Jharkhand's #Dhanbad district on Thursday," a Special Investigation Team (#SIT) official told #IANS.

Photo: IANS pic.twitter.com/AORfUqgwm1

— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) January 10, 2020

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#GauriLankesh murder case: Absconding accused Rushikesh Devdikar arrested from Jharkhand's Dhanbad.#GauriLankesh #Justiceforgaurilankesh #Dhenkanalupdate pic.twitter.com/tni5GS2iJK

— DhenkanalUpdate (@dhenkanalupdate) January 10, 2020

#GauriLankesh case: Absconding accused held in #Jharkhand
He is 18 th suspect in the case. https://t.co/GG259sONus @deccanherald

— AshishTripathi (@Ashtripathi13) January 10, 2020

#GauriLankesh murder case: Absconding accused Rushikesh Devdikar arrested from Jharkhand's Dhanbad.https://t.co/cvrSLT9h2Z

— Mumbai Mirror (@MumbaiMirror) January 10, 2020

Absconding accused in the #GauriLankesh case arrested in #Jharkhand https://t.co/crx5DYcwqu

— Pratiba Raman (@PratibaRaman) January 10, 2020